good books that have ancient egyptian text?

Question

want some good books that translate series of ancient egyptian text. i.e. the book of the dead

Answer 1

There are a number of books presenting translations of classic Egyptian texts, including histories, autobiographical inscriptions, and selections of religious writing, among other genres.
The most popular and best popular translations include the three volumes titled "Ancient Egyptian Literature: Vols. 1-3" by Miriam Lichtheim
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A single volume that contains most of the texts translated by Lichtheim is "The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry; Third Edition" by William Kelly Simpson, et al.

The best easily available translation of the so-called book of the dead is by R. Faulkner - a search on Amazon should turn up the latest edition.

As a note, all of the above mentioned books have translations only, they do not include the original texts in hieroglyphs, hieratic, demotic, Coptic, etc.

If you're interested in trying to learn Egyptian at home, "How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs" by Collier and Manley is a fairly good introductory text, though fairly light on the finer points of grammar.

There is also a web-based course (for a fee) available: http://www.glyphdoctors.com/
This site uses the Allen "Middle Egyptian Grammar."

I strongly advise against the numerous publications on Egyptology by E. A. Wallis Budge. The books are very dated (at or over 100 years old at this point) and contain a number of errors and inconsistencies, some of which were evident even when they were published, let alone with the knowledge we now have. The books are cheap and widely available because many of them are in the public domain, but spend a little more or find a used copy of a more recent text.

Answer 2

There is a book titled: Egyptian Religion by Sir Wallis Budge ("Late Keeper of the Egyptian & Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum). I have had the book since 1980. It was published in 1959, a reproduction of a London edition of 1900. It is a wonderful reference. It is much too complex to decipher any where here, but I have referenced it many times in my studies. You might also want to check Manly P Hall's books.

Answer 3

ALL THE HISTORY BOOKS OF EGYPT